Difference between revisions of "Introduction to RoboOrbits"

From Voyager Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 1: Line 1:
 
==What is RoboOrbits==
 
==What is RoboOrbits==
RoboClip is a facility manager for import, editing, storage, retrieve and  sharing of data related to the user targets.
+
RoboOrbits is a Voyager automaton that manages data relating to dynamic targets such as comets, asteroids and small celestial bodies.
  
Targets Data are made of RA J2000,DEC J2000,Target Name, Position Angle, Group and Note memo text. All the field are completly editable from users.
+
They are dynamic targets as their position in the sky in terms of RA and DEC varies considerably over time as they themselves have complex orbits.
  
You can store inside RoboClip all the targets you want getting coord data and name optionally from Internet, connected planetarium or from Sesame online research tool (governative online database structures) or just simpy editing it by hand.
+
RoboOrbits is able to retrieve the list of objects and the data of their orbits directly from the web and automatically feed its databases and make them available to Voyager users.
  
This data will be stored in a database placed in the Documents/Voyager/Data folder and will not be affected by new Voyager installations or upgrade.
+
The user will thus be able to carry out advanced searches of the data and obtain the position of the object in zero time starting from the stored orbital data.
  
So you can create your personal catalog of interest targets to shot during your activities directly in Voyager without passing for a planetarium and/or without having one.
+
The databases can be updated at any time, the operation will be more or less long depending on the type of object.
  
Form release 2.2.6 of Voyager and 1.0.12 of Web Dashboard is now possible to create modify and use a powerful mosaic tool.
+
Currently the types of managed objects are Comets and Asteroids.
  
A video about RoboClip:
+
In addition to performing searches, RoboOrbits has been integrated into Voyager sequences, so it is possible to establish dynamic targets by omitting the coordinates RA/DEC and make the sequence calculate them during execution thus always obtaining the updated position of the object. Actually the sequence with dynamic target allows you to customize the type of pointing of the object in terms of updating frequency of the position in the sky according to the user's needs
  
https://vimeo.com/381202609
+
(for example researcher user or astrophotographer user etc)
  
 
==How to use RoboOrbits==
 
==How to use RoboOrbits==

Revision as of 11:02, 1 June 2023

What is RoboOrbits

RoboOrbits is a Voyager automaton that manages data relating to dynamic targets such as comets, asteroids and small celestial bodies.

They are dynamic targets as their position in the sky in terms of RA and DEC varies considerably over time as they themselves have complex orbits.

RoboOrbits is able to retrieve the list of objects and the data of their orbits directly from the web and automatically feed its databases and make them available to Voyager users.

The user will thus be able to carry out advanced searches of the data and obtain the position of the object in zero time starting from the stored orbital data.

The databases can be updated at any time, the operation will be more or less long depending on the type of object.

Currently the types of managed objects are Comets and Asteroids.

In addition to performing searches, RoboOrbits has been integrated into Voyager sequences, so it is possible to establish dynamic targets by omitting the coordinates RA/DEC and make the sequence calculate them during execution thus always obtaining the updated position of the object. Actually the sequence with dynamic target allows you to customize the type of pointing of the object in terms of updating frequency of the position in the sky according to the user's needs

(for example researcher user or astrophotographer user etc)

How to use RoboOrbits

You can use RoboClip from whatever place in Voyager modules and applications you will found a button with caption "RoboClip".

Clicking on this button you will open the same windows manager with the same format and the same information shared from the central database also if you are connected in Application Server (RoboTarget or DashBoard environments). You can use in all Voyager Section of Voyager having needed to input a coords, in Sequence editor, in DragScript blocks.

Also data can be imported from Website like [https://telescopius.com/] (CSV or clipboard object list or panels mosaic) or from external Application like Cartes du Ciel , TheSkyX, Astroplanner with a massive import of targets just in a simple click.



Why use RoboOrbotis

Because you can share data across Voyager world , fast and in safety. You can create personalized targets pointing to optimize framing.

You can put a text note to remember useful info about the target. You can cross platform creating your own targets catalog.